Writer/Director/actor Leigh Whannell creates a surprisingly good horror movie with “Insidious: Chapter 3.” Most horror series, once they are up to part 3, the truly horrifying thing about them is how badly they are made and how much they suck. Not so with this third round of the “Insidious” movies, which makes it more of an abnormality…in a good way.

Stefanie Scott plays a teen who recently lost her mom to cancer, and now she is hearing things and believe it’s her mom trying to contact her. But instead of letting the dead be dead, Scott tries to communicate with the entity she thinks is her mom — but it’s not her mom. A terrible accident has Scott die for a few seconds, and when she comes to life, she will find that she has brought something very evil into her life…a spirit that she nor her family can fight off by themselves.

Coming to their rescue — maybe — is an elderly medium we have seen from the first two “Insidious” movies, played by Lin Shaye. Although Shaye had many encounters with dark spirits in the past, giving her an insight and wisdom on what to do, Shaye is spiritually weakened by a personal tragedy and a direct threat to her life from The Bride In Black spirit. To be successful in helping Scott and keeping herself alive, Shaye must deal with her fears, or else two good souls will be lost forever.

My most memorable, movie moment of “Insidious: Chapter 2” is the scene when Scott, possessed by a demon, breaks off her cast on both legs and starts walking. As Scott walks, the bones in her legs can be heard breaking again! This poor girl…even if she frees herself from the demon, she’s going to have one hell of a recovery period from those broken bones!

Fans of “Insidious” will be very satisfied with this third chapter — it’s almost as good as the first, and better than the second. It has a few cheap scares, but most of the scares are set up well and play up to your fears of things that lurk in the shadows.